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Syrian refugees flood Lebanon

Lebanon

A Syrian child rests in a makeshift refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley, close to the border with Syria in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon, Nov. 11, 2013.

As the war in neighboring Syria drags on for a third year, Lebanon, a country of only 4 million people, is now home to the largest number of Syrian refugees who have fled the conflict.

The situation is beginning to put huge social and political strains on Lebanon as there is currently no end in sight to the war in Syria.

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Lebanon

Men shop in a market in a poor section of Beirut with a high concentration of Syrian refugees, Nov. 10, 2013.

According
to the U.N. agency responsible for the Syrian refugees in Lebanon,
812,000 Syrian's displaced by the war are currently receiving assistance
from the United Nations and its partners.

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Lebanon

An elderly Syrian man rests in the apartment he shares with other Syrian refugees in a poor section of Beirut where the majority of residents are Syrian refugees, Nov. 10, 2013.

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Lebanon

A woman who recently arrived from the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo pauses in a makeshift camp in the Bekaa Valley, close to the border with Syria, Nov. 11, 2013.

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Lebanon

A Syrian refugee woman pauses in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 9, 2013.

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Lebanon

Syrian children draw on a wall in a poor neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 9, 2013.

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Lebanon

Jody, 10 months, sits with her family who recently arrived from the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo in a makeshift camp in the Bekaa Valley, in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon, Nov. 11, 2013.

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Lebanon

Syrian refugees are reflected in a window in a makeshift camp in the Bekaa Valley, in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon, Nov. 11, 2013.

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Lebanon

Laundry and other belongings hang from the balconies of homes in a residential building in a poor section of Beirut where the majority of residents are Syrian refugees, Nov. 10, 2013.

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Lebanon

A Syrian man holds his child in a home shared with 13 other refugees in a poor neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 9, 2013.

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Lebanon

Members of a Syrian family stand in the doorway of a half-finished house they are sharing with dozens of other refugees, only miles from the border with Syria, in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon, Nov. 12, 2013.

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Lebanon

A tent for a Syrian family is viewed in a makeshift camp for Syrian refugees in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon, Nov. 12, 2013.

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Lebanon

A man puts up pictures of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees, in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 9, 2013.

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Lebanon

A man walks by pet birds for sale in a market in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees, in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 9, 2013.

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Lebanon

A Syrian woman displaced by the war walks with her child in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Syrian refugees, in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 9, 2013.

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Lebanon

Ismael, 5, a Syrian refugee from the city of Aleppo, looks out the window with his mother from inside the small room they share with five people in a poor section of Beirut where the majority of residents are Syrian refugees, Nov. 10, 2013.

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Lebanon

Nazmiya, 4, a Syrian refugee from the city of Aleppo, sits down for a meal inside the small room she shares with five people in a poor section of Beirut where the majority of residents are Syrian refugees, Nov. 10, 2013.